18 Percent Over The Following Year And Then 8 Percent Per Year Indefinitely

paying dividends forever. If the required return on this stock is 11 percent, what is the current share price?

8. Valuing Preferred Stock Sowell, Inc., has an issue of preferred stock outstanding that pays an $8.50 dividend every year, in perpetuity. If this issue currently sells for $124 per share, what is the required return?

9. Stock Valuation Smashed Pumpkin Farms (SPF) just paid a dividend of $3.00 on its stock. The growth rate in dividends is expected to be a constant 7.5 percent per year, indefinitely. Investors require an 18 percent return on the stock for the first three years, a 12 percent return for the next three years, and then a 13 percent return, thereafter. What is the current share price for SPF stock?

10. Nonconstant Growth Metallica Bearings, Inc., is a young start-up company. No dividends will be paid on the stock over the next nine years, because the firm needs to plow back its earnings to fuel growth. The company will pay a $7 per share dividend in 10 years and will increase the dividend by 6 percent per year, thereafter. If the required return on this stock is 14 percent, what is the current share price?

11. Nonconstant Dividends Corn, Inc., has an odd dividend policy. The company has just paid a dividend of $6 per share and has announced that it will increase the dividend by $2 per share for each of the next four years, and then never pay another dividend. If you require an 11 percent return on the company's stock, how much will you pay for a share today?

12. Nonconstant Dividends South Side Corporation is expected to pay the following dividends over the next four years: $6.50, $5, $3, and $2. Afterwards, the company pledges to maintain a constant 5 percent growth rate in dividends, forever. If the required return on the stock is 16 percent, what is the current share price?

13. Supernormal Growth Super Growth Co. is growing quickly. Dividends are expected to grow at a 32 percent rate for the next three years, with the growth rate falling off to a constant 7 percent thereafter. If the required return is 15 percent and the company just paid a $2.25 dividend, what is the current share price?

14. Supernormal Growth Janicek Corp. is experiencing rapid growth. Dividends are expected to grow at 25 percent per year during the next three years, 18 percent over the following year, and then 8 percent per year, indefinitely. The required return on this stock is 15 percent, and the stock currently sells for $60.00 per share. What is the projected dividend for the coming year?

15. Negative Growth Antiques R Us is a mature manufacturing firm. The company just paid a $9 dividend, but management expects to reduce the payout by 8 percent per year, indefinitely. If you require a 14 percent return on this stock, what will you pay for a share today?

16. Finding the Dividend Fernandez Corporation stock currently sells for $45 per share. The market requires a 12 percent return on the firm's stock. If the company maintains a constant 8 percent growth rate in dividends, what was the most recent dividend per share paid on the stock?

17. Valuing Preferred Stock Bruin Bank just issued some new preferred stock. The issue will pay an $8 annual dividend in perpetuity, beginning six years from now. If the market requires a 6 percent return on this investment, how much does a share of preferred stock cost today?

18. Using Stock Quotes You have found the following stock quote for RJW Enterprises, Inc., in the financial pages of today's newspaper. What was the closing

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